You should be able to render up to 2 minutes of the video in a VEGAS 19 trial to test if render works at all...

They likely sent you a pre-order for 20 because its release is imminent, and had they sent you 19, and you bought it and shortly after 20 launches, you would have felt left out of all those new features you could have bought if you'd just waited a short while longer.

If you're really in a bind and have to get the video out immediately, I'd suggest renting VEGAS 365 for a month (just remember to email magix to cancel it after that month so it does not auto renew). This will give you a fully featured VEGAS 19 to work with until 20 launches.

Also, if you decide to keep the subscription, you get 20 automatically, as the subscriptions get all updates to all versions. Only perpetual licenses are bound to the numbered version you originally bought. The subscriptions also come with cool features like online collaboration, cloud storage of your projects, speech to text, text to speech, and a video and audio clip library, royalty free, containing millions of clips to choose from to use in your projects.

When I see render errors, I usually suggest to folks to try updating their graphics card drivers (use studio drivers if you use nvidia, or enterprise pro if you use AMD graphics cards)... but now that you've bought VEGAS, hopefully you won't need to do that. IF you do, there is a handy utility in the VEGAS Pro help menu that automates finding the right driver and downloading it for you.

Before I say this, I want to say that I totally understand your frustration, I have been there myself before with VEGAS in years' past. However, there is a community rule against blowing off excessive stream... it's there because as mentioned above, most of us are fellow users who are just trying to help you, we don't need the preaching to the choir, it stresses us out to have to read it while trying to help you. Save that stuff for emails to Magix support, if you must get it off your chest. They get paid to deal with that.

I cannot render any video.

And what happens when you try to render? Are you getting an error message? If yes, what are the details of the error message? If no, exactly what is happening?

You should be able to render up to 2 minutes of the video in a VEGAS 19 trial to test if render works at all...

They likely sent you a pre-order for 20 because its release is imminent, and had they sent you 19, and you bought it and shortly after 20 launches, you would have felt left out of all those new features you could have bought if you'd just waited a short while longer.

If you're really in a bind and have to get the video out immediately, I'd suggest renting VEGAS 365 for a month (just remember to email magix to cancel it after that month so it does not auto renew). This will give you a fully featured VEGAS 19 to work with until 20 launches.

Also, if you decide to keep the subscription, you get 20 automatically, as the subscriptions get all updates to all versions. Only perpetual licenses are bound to the numbered version you originally bought. The subscriptions also come with cool features like online collaboration, cloud storage of your projects, speech to text, text to speech, and a video and audio clip library, royalty free, containing millions of clips to choose from to use in your projects.

When I see render errors, I usually suggest to folks to try updating their graphics card drivers (use studio drivers if you use nvidia, or enterprise pro if you use AMD graphics cards)... but now that you've bought VEGAS, hopefully you won't need to do that. IF you do, there is a handy utility in the VEGAS Pro help menu that automates finding the right driver and downloading it for you.

Before I say this, I want to say that I totally understand your frustration, I have been there myself before with VEGAS in years' past. However, there is a community rule against blowing off excessive stream... it's there because as mentioned above, most of us are fellow users who are just trying to help you, we don't need the preaching to the choir, it stresses us out to have to read it while trying to help you. Save that stuff for emails to Magix support, if you must get it off your chest. They get paid to deal with that.

NOTED. Thank you for your insight. I'll try the monthly subscription.

I cannot render any video.

And what happens when you try to render? Are you getting an error message? If yes, what are the details of the error message? If no, exactly what is happening?

Vegas freezes up, (NOT RESPONDING) and usually crashes. I sometimes get a memory error or a codec error. Which I've looked up word-for-word and found no help. One source gave me a link for an update, (build 322), which is what I have. However, even that link is dead and redirects me to upgrade to Magix 2022.

I cannot render any video.

And what happens when you try to render? Are you getting an error message? If yes, what are the details of the error message? If no, exactly what is happening?

Vegas freezes up, (NOT RESPONDING) and usually crashes. I sometimes get a memory error or a codec error. Which I've looked up word-for-word and found no help. One source gave me a link for an update, (build 322), which is what I have. However, even that link is dead and redirects me to upgrade to Magix 2022.

 

WHEN does it "freeze up"? The more information you can provide, the better the help you will get.

So does it "freeze up" when you go to File - Render As?

When you pick what renderer you want to use

After you start the render?

If, after you start the render, Immediately, after 10 seconds, always 32% into the project - WHEN??? And what, exactly, are the "errors" that you get?

So far, all we've seen is a rant with no relevant information to help resolve the issue. And if all versions and an entirely different product (i.e. Movie Studio 2022 which is NOT a "Vegas" product) are having the same issue, then it seems there may be something deeper going on than just the NLE having an issue.